43-38009

Delivered Cheyenne 3/7/44; Kearney 12/7/44; Dow Fd 20/7/44; Assigned 850BS/490BG Eye 21/7/44; Missing in Action Stuttgart 13/9/44 with Albt Davis, Bombardier: Dick Wessel (2 Prisoner of War); Co-pilot: Fred Ostler, Navigator: Jenner De Santis, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: John Godfrey, Radio Operator: Teofilio Crixel, Ball turret gunner: Larry Roony, Waist gunner: Don Garry,Tail gunner: Oscar Jensen (7 Killed in Action); flak, crashed Hochheim, near Worms, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 8855.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 490th Bomb Group.

490th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Teofilo Crixell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 38458237
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Albert Davis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-757610
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Jenner Joseph De Santis

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12204481 / O-723312
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator

Donald Robert Garry

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 36584195
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner

John Ernest Godfrey

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 19170608
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Mechanic-Gunner, Top Turret Gunner

Places

Eye, home of the 490th Bomb Group, photographed from the air. Image via Mark Brown, AFA. Written on slide casing: 'Eye from air.'

Eye

  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Brome

Missions

628

  • Date: 13 September 1944
  • Official Description:

Events

Event Location Date Description

Delivered

Cheyenne AAF, WY 3 July 1944 Delivered Cheyenne AAF, WY 3-Jul-44.

Assigned

Eye, UK 21 July 1944 Assigned 850BS, 490BG, 8AF USAAF.

Crashed

Hochheim, Germany 13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Stuttgart 13-Sep-44 with Davis Crew; flak, crashed Hochheim, near Worms, Germany. 2 x POW, 7 X KIA MACR 8855.

Manufactured

Long Beach, CA Built at Boeing.

Revisions

Date
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
Sources

https://www.fold3.com/image/28734499

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 8855 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database